What's the Deal with John Cusack?

I am calling bs on John Cusack's indie cred. When he's good, he's really good (High Fidelity, Say Anything). But do all the people who give John Cusack indie cred simply forgive him for the mainstream dreck he's been in?

I saw Martian Child this past weekend, and it is probably one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. Watching this movie reminded me of how bad Serendipity was, and well, it was really bad.

As chance would have it, I was flipping channels yesterday evening, and while waiting for King of the Hill to start, I was subject to the last few minutes of another Cusack trainwreck, America's Sweethearts.

Lucky me.